Antikythera Mechanism, Part 1

Part 1 of a Nature Channel video about an ancient Greek device called the Antikythera
Mechanism. Scientists have discovered that it could be used to predict eclipses, and that it
had a dial recording the dates of the ancient Olympiads.

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Antikythera Mechanism, Part 2

Part 2 of a Nature Channel video about an ancient Greek device called the Antikythera
Mechanism. Scientists have discovered that it could be used to predict eclipses, and that it
had a dial recording the dates of the ancient Olympiads.

Obama's call for engineers: 14 April 2009

An excerpt of a speech on the economy by President Obama to students at Georgetown University.

Gauri Nanda

Gauri Nanda on the Big Idea Show

Destroyed in Seconds

An explosion at a Nevada rocket fuel plant generates a massive, earthquake-like shockwave.

Engineering a Roller Coaster

The Discovery Channel show Build it Bigger launches headlong into scream engineering --- building, designing and riding some of the greatest roller coasters on the planet.

Chemical Engineering

Tufts University video about the global importance of chemical engineers.

Wheelchair Controlled Only by Thoughts

Engineering students at the University of Illinois developed an amazing thought-controlled wheelchair using LabVIEW. In fact, this application is so cool that Michael Callahan won the Lemelson-Illinois Student Prize, which is awarded to the most outstanding student inventors. This is an example of how innovators use virtual instrumentation to make significant improvements in everyday life.

DARwIn by RoMeLa

The Robotics and Mechanisms Lab (RoMeLa) at Virginia Tech University developed DARwIn, a soccer playing humanoid robot, for RoboCup. Watch DARwIn in action.

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